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Example sentences for: doña
How can you use “doña” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Cortés is supposed to have stated, “After God we owe this conquest of New Spain to Doña Marina.”
See also La Carreta de la Muerte; Doña Sebastiana; La Llorona; Los Penitentes
Upon learning her name, Cortés had her christened as Doña Marina, and she became known to everyone by that name, although her Aztec name was Malintzin, which possibly the Spaniards pronounced Malinche, so she was also called by this name.
La Muerte is also known as Doña Sebastiana in New Mexico.
Del Castillo believes that Doña Marina was following her religious faith and belief in a godly force, the prophecies of Quetzalcoatl, and did not think she was betraying her people.